Wall of Honor

Employees of DEA and its predecessor agencies killed in the line of duty.

Stephen J. Strehl

Stephen J. Strehl

Detective

April 9, 1958 - November 19, 1993

Stephen J. Strehl, a St. Louis, Missouri, police officer, was assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration task force when he was killed in a helicopter crash on November 19, 1993. He was conducting a surveillance mission of a suspected indoor marijuana grow site. He was 35 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Becky L. Dwojeski

Becky L. Dwojeski

Special Agent

June 23, 1959 - October 21, 1993

After graduating from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement, Special Agent Becky Dwojeski joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a brief time in an administrative position. She fulfilled a lifelong dream to be a federal agent when she joined DEA in March 1981. Read more >

George D. Althouse

George D. Althouse

Special Agent

April 9, 1964 - May 28, 1992

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent George D. Althouse was killed on May 28, 1992, during an attempted car theft in Shelby County, Alabama. He was 28 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Alan H. Winn

Alan H. Winn

Special Agent

July 4, 1954 - August 13, 1991

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Pilot Alan H. Winn, 37, was killed August 13, 1991, in a helicopter crash during an operations flight over Hawaii. Read more >

Eugene T. McCarthy

Eugene T. McCarthy

Special Agent

May 5, 1955 - February 2, 1991

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent and Pilot Eugene T. McCarthy was killed February 2, 1991, in a helicopter accident in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War. He was 35 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Wallie Howard Jr.

Wallie Howard Jr.

Investigator

April 23, 1959 - October 30, 1990

Wallie Howard, Jr., of the Syracuse, New York, Police Department was killed on October 30, 1990, while serving on the Central New York Drug Enforcement Task Force. Howard was shot during an undercover operation when drug traffickers from Brooklyn, New York, attempted to rob him of $42,000 he had for the purchase of two kilograms of cocaine. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Joseph T. Aversa

Joseph T. Aversa

Investigator

November 6, 1958 - March 5, 1990

Joseph Aversa of the New York State Police was shot to death on March 5, 1990, while serving on the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Rickie C. Finley

Rickie C. Finley

Special Agent

September 19, 1952 - May 20, 1989

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Rickie C. Finley was killed on May 20, 1989, in a plane crash as he was returning from a jungle operation to a base camp in Lima, Peru. He was 36 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Everett E. Hatcher

Everett E. Hatcher

Special Agent

October 9, 1942 - February 28, 1989

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Everett E. Hatcher of the New York Field Division was shot and killed on February 28, 1989, during an undercover investigation on Staten Island. He was 46 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >

Paul S. Seema

Paul S. Seema

Special Agent

February 7, 1936 - February 6, 1988

Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Paul S. Seema of the Los Angeles Field Division died on February 6, 1988, of gunshot wounds he received the previous day during an undercover operation. He was 51 years of age at the time of his death. Read more >